Tennis Court Lyrics

Lyric discussion by MarisaKregel 

Cover art for Tennis Court lyrics by Lorde

THis song refers to a pre- French Revolution phenomenon. Congress of France could not find anywhere to hold a political meeting, and so they locked themselves in a tennis court and talked about a new constitution.

My Opinion

Great insight. I now know more about the 'Serment du jeu de paume' than I'm sure I'll ever need to know!

While this is a popular interpretation and she has her hair styled in a similar way to what courtly women of the pre-revolutionary period in France in the video. I see little else that has to do with that.

Although, she is widely read and is well informed about the period (Marie Antoinette, etc.) she also styles herself as a goth in the video. She also has garbled (demonic?) voice responding with "yeah" responding to her lyrics. It sounds as if it is mocking her as much as affirming her sentiments.

Perhaps this is her way of still...

Yes this is so true. It took me so long to realize this, but I finally did in my 9th grade history class